A/N: WE DO NOT OWN ANY OF YU GI OH 5DS OR AVATAR! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS! THE ONLY THING WE OWN ARE OUR OCS!
Differences in speaking and thoughts:
"Words, words, words…" = In Na'vi
"Words, words, words…" = In English
'Words, words, words…' = Thoughts
Chapter 5: Tales of the Toruk Makto
4 Months Later…
Leo, Luna, Akiza, Jack, and Crow had all gotten significantly better with learning to be a part of the People and learning to become a true Na'vi in the past four months. They had gone on a few hunting trips with Tekumseh and Arati and made a few kills, but their prayers were a bit off when they used the language. They were beginning to see the forest and see like the People.
They had seen all sorts of amazing and beautiful life within the forest. From the flora itself to the fauna and its children. At one point, the seven Na'vi had found a mother nantang caring for her young. They hadn't expected to see anything like that. They were beginning to understand why the forest was so precious to the Na'vi and were finding it precious to them.
At the moment, Tekumseh and Arati were leading them to the top of the Hometree. When they reached the top, Crow asked, "So what're we doing here?"
Arati called out a chirping like sound and a soft roar sounded out before a blue and purple ikran came and landed in front of her.
"Whoa!" Leo exclaimed as Arati approached it.
"Do not look in his eyes," Arati told them and they did so, struggling a bit. "When you become taronyu, hunter, you must choose your own ikran and they must choose you."
"Tekumseh, do you have an ikran?" Luna asked.
He smirked and called out a similar sound to Arati, only a bit deeper in tone. There was a deeper, louder call back before the massive ikran like creature came and landed on the edge. They immediately backed up a bit seeing its size.
"I wouldn't look her in the eye either," Tekumseh told them. He connected his tsaheylu with his ikran. "When tsaheylu is made, the ikran will only fly with one rider in their whole lifetime." He gave his bonded friend a piece of food before he and Arati hopped onto their ikrans.
"So, when are we getting an ikran?" Akiza asked.
"When you are ready," Arati answered before she and Tekumseh took to the air, nearly forcing them onto their backs and cover their faces from the force of the lift.
When they could bring their arms down, they looked as Arati flew around the skies with Tekumseh. They sped underneath the branch the five were standing on before spiking towards the sky, giving a happy toned call into the sky.
"Yusei seems so happy here," Luna commented. "It's almost like when I went to the Spirit World. Only this is much more real and we can't get back without the Crimson Dragon."
"The sad thing is he doesn't remember anything about his life on Earth, where he should be," Crow responded. He quickly added, "Where he is."
"If we can't find a way to wake him up there, we may never be able to," Jack commented.
"And even Yusei can't survive forever just on an IV," Akiza added sadly. "Eventually, he'll die there if we can't find a way to wake him up soon."
"At least if we're still here, it means Yusei's still alive back at Earth," Leo chimed in.
"Yeah, but what if the reason he's here is because he isn't meant to stay in that world?" Luna questioned making them look at her. "Maybe he's supposed to die on Earth so he can be here forever and the Crimson Dragon brought us here so we can be with him." They went wide eyed, realizing how possible that situation was.
"No, we were brought here to wake Yusei up and get him back," Crow intervened. "I won't let him forget everything that we did together as humans and die that way."
The two Na'vi on their flying beasts soon landed, cutting the conversation short, and they got off their mounts. Tekumseh patted his Toruk's neck as did Arati with hers.
"So, why is your ikran so big?" Luna asked. "What's its name?"
"Her name is Seyley," Tekumseh answered. "She is no ikran. She is a Toruk, last shadow."
"Are they hard to find or something?" Leo asked.
"Hard to find and deadly," Arati answered.
"My father was the sixth Toruk Makto, rider of last shadow. Including me, it has only happened seven times since the time of the First Songs," Tekumseh explained further.
"Only seven times in that long of a time?" Crow questioned and they nodded. "Wow."
Akiza looked at Arati. "What's your ikran's name?" she asked.
"Awkey," the other female Na'vi answered. "Now, come. Time to do your lessons again. And tomorrow, it is your turn again to hunt."
"How will we know when we are ready for an ikran?" Akiza asked as they began to make their trek down.
"We will tell you," Tekumseh answered.
After training and as nightfall began, the two Omaticaya Na'vi showed the others to a skull that looked like Seyley's.
"Is that another Toruk?" Luna asked.
"This was mother's grandfather's grandfather's Toruk. He was the first Toruk Makto," Tekumseh began and they looked at him. "The first rider of last shadow."
"Toruk Makto was mighty," Arati began. "He brought the clans together in a time of Great Sorrow. And Tekumseh's father did so once again before we were born. All Na'vi people know these stories."